Post by earlystock on Oct 8, 2018 15:41:09 GMT
I was looking at the garage on Saturday and decided I had too many bikes in there. So spent Sunday trying to decide what to keep. The Fizzy is staying as I am renovating it (though that may take years), and the Sym Scooter stays because it is OK to leave at the station and I would not be devastated if something happened to it.
So took all the bikes out back to back Sunday:
2012 GSXR 750 - amazing piece of kit, never fails to scare the pants off me, handles, goes and stops amazingly and has the most tractable engine ever! Loved riding it (have not been on it in 3 months), and definitely gave the biggest buzz, but a pain in the neck (literally) to ride!
2016 Vstrom 650 - the ultimate do anything bike - riding it should not be great fun, but it is, never uncomfortable (and I have done more than 500 miles in a day without major pain), sweeps around bends better than it should (especially as it has 50/50 on/off road tyres), amazingly cheap to run, and a stonking rear seat if my wife want to come with me. So much more than the sum of the parts! But kind of bland
1977 CB400T - Brings back great memories (I had one new in 1978), always makes me smile, very licence friendly (not as easy to break the speed limit), gets attention wherever it goes, fun....but crap brakes, boarder-line handling, etc.....
Sat and thought about it last night....decided they are all different and I am keeping the lot!
So took all the bikes out back to back Sunday:
2012 GSXR 750 - amazing piece of kit, never fails to scare the pants off me, handles, goes and stops amazingly and has the most tractable engine ever! Loved riding it (have not been on it in 3 months), and definitely gave the biggest buzz, but a pain in the neck (literally) to ride!
2016 Vstrom 650 - the ultimate do anything bike - riding it should not be great fun, but it is, never uncomfortable (and I have done more than 500 miles in a day without major pain), sweeps around bends better than it should (especially as it has 50/50 on/off road tyres), amazingly cheap to run, and a stonking rear seat if my wife want to come with me. So much more than the sum of the parts! But kind of bland
1977 CB400T - Brings back great memories (I had one new in 1978), always makes me smile, very licence friendly (not as easy to break the speed limit), gets attention wherever it goes, fun....but crap brakes, boarder-line handling, etc.....
Sat and thought about it last night....decided they are all different and I am keeping the lot!
